Attainable Construction and Policy Statistics with Anirban Basu

Season 01 | Episode 12

In this episode, Randy C. Norton, Founder and Chairman of MultiGreen, interviews Anirban Basu, Chairman & CEO of Sage Policy Group. They discuss current challenges to building much-needed housing, and how new construction practices and a new generation of leaders might resolve these challenges.

(1:14) Meaning of Anirban’s name(3:20) Current market conditions: after pandemic, demand is strong, but supply is lagging(5:14) With supply issues, the role of construction attorney has never been more important(8:33) Impact of wasted resources on homebuilding, how to increase efficiency/productivity(11:21) Causes of current labor shortage in construction(14:13) NIMBY opposition is another obstacle, and more immigration could resolve bottlenecks(17:04) Next generation of political leaders, millennials, could solve housing problems(19:46) Prediction of increased multi-family development, but rising delivery costs hurt attainability(21:33) Office and retail space surplus could be converted to housing or other uses

Additional mentionsConstruction Financial Management AssociationWhat is a Construction Attorney?Slow productivity growth in construction industryNIMBY — Not In My Backyard, opponents to housing constructionMillennials — largest generation in US historyAnirban Basu’s SubstackMultiGreen’s Housing Goal

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